National Institute on Aging; Amended Notice of Meeting, 61608 [2023-19259]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging; Amended
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in
the meeting of the National Institute on
Aging Special Emphasis Panel, August
28, 2023, 12:00 p.m. to August 28, 2023,
05:00 p.m., National Institute on Aging,
Gateway Building, 7201 Wisconsin
Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20892 which
was published in the Federal Register
on August 21, 2023, 56844.
The meeting notice is amended to
change the start date of the meeting
from 08/28/2023, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. to 10/30/2023, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. The meeting is closed to the
public.
Dated: August 31, 2023.
Miguelina Perez,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023–19259 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am]
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Request for Information; Potential
Changes to its Evidence-Based
Practices Resource Center
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of request for
information (RFI).
AGENCY:
SAMHSA is issuing this RFI
to gather expert and public feedback to
determine how to best satisfy Sec. 7002,
subsections (b), (c), or (d) of the 21st
Century Cures Act, which are explained
below. Input from the public and
experts will help SAMHSA identify the
optimal ways to identify, evaluate, and
disseminate programs and practices,
based on their intended audiences, the
nature of the evidence supporting the
program or practice, and the type of
product deemed best suited to the
content. SAMHSA seeks input from
members of the public on potential
changes to its Evidence-Based Practices
Resource Center (EBPRC), specifically
regarding the possible introduction of
three new domains for the EBPRC
website (https://www.samhsa.gov/
resource-search/ebp). In addition to
addressing four general questions about
the EBPRC overall, SAMHSA
encourages members of the public to
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comment on several questions
pertaining to each of the domains
described. SAMHSA believes that
public and expert input on the new
domains will help make the EBPRC
more responsive to the needs of the
public and the behavioral health field.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 13th, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Please submit all responses
via email to EBPRC@samhsa.hhs.gov as
a Word document, Portable Document
Format (PDF) file, or in the body of the
email message. Please include ‘‘Request
for Information: Changes to SAMHSA’s
EBPRC’’ in the subject line of the
message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carter A Roeber, Telephone: 240–276–
1488, Email: Carter.Roeber@
samhsa.hhs.gov, or EBPRC@
samhsa.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
EBPRC was established in 2018 to fulfill
the statutory requirements of the 21st
Century Cures Act (Pub. L. 144–255).
Specifically, section 7002 of the 21st
Century Cures Act requires that, as
appropriate, SAMHSA shall ‘‘improve
access to reliable and valid information
on evidence-based programs and
practices, including information on the
strength of evidence associated with
such programs and practices, related to
mental and substance use disorders for
States, local communities, nonprofit
entities, and other stakeholders, by
posting on the internet website of the
Administration information on
evidence-based programs and practices
that have been reviewed by the
Assistant Secretary in accordance with
the requirements of this section.’’
SAMHSA has designated the EBPRC,
managed by the agency’s National
Mental Health and Substance Use Policy
Laboratory (NMHSUPL), to fulfill this
charge.
With the directive to publish
information on evidence-based
programs and practices (EBPs), the
EBPRC relies on SAMHSA’s
relationships with key behavioral health
stakeholders, including researchers,
clinical and public health service
providers, program administrators, and
people with lived experience to inform
the content it distributes. Further,
SAMHSA’s repository of EBPRC
materials is organized by topic area and
made searchable to maximize
navigability, utility, and relevancy of
content to those poised to implement
EBPs. In this way, the EBPRC aims to
broaden the scale of EBP
implementation and provide support to
improve behavioral health outcomes
nationwide.
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Recognizing the ever-changing nature
of the evidence base, the EBPRC seeks
to take a dynamic and responsive
approach to its curation of resources. To
date, however, the EBPRC has primarily
posted federally developed materials on
practices. The programs and practices
mentioned in the posted materials are
vetted through a review of the evidence.
However, unlike Crimesolutions.gov or
the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC),
the EBPRC does not currently
incorporate and publish a systematic
process for identifying, evaluating and
rating specific programs and practices
across the behavioral health field and
related subspecialty fields for inclusion,
as envisioned by section 7002,
subsections (b), (c), or (d) of the 21st
Century Cures Act. The inclusion of
reviews and ratings of particular
programs would allow users to search
for and learn about specific programs
that might meet their population’s
needs.
To ensure that the EBPRC fulfills its
roles in the analysis, synthesis, and
dissemination of behavioral health
evidence, SAMHSA requests that
members of the public respond to the
following questions, the answers to
which will help frame the agency’s
efforts to improve the EBPRC’s utility to
the public.
Framing Questions
• Question A: How can SAMHSA
improve the EBPRC to better meet the
needs of the behavioral health field?
• Question B: What strategies should
the EBPRC use to ensure its content is
high-quality and supported by strong
evidence?
• Question C: How can SAMHSA
expand the reach of the EBPRC?
• Question D: How can SAMHSA
solicit feedback on the use of its
resources and information?
In addition, SAMHSA requests that
commenters consider the following
three domains of the EBPRC, upon
which it seeks specific feedback, as
enumerated below.
Domain 1. Adding a program review
and rating component to the EBPRC.
SAMHSA’s EBPRC provides
communities, clinicians, policymakers,
and others with the information and
tools needed to improve the quality of
care, by incorporating EBPs into their
communities or clinical settings.
Evidence-based practices and programs
(EBPs) are defined as interventions that
are guided by the best research evidence
with practice-based expertise, cultural
competence, and the values of the
persons receiving the services that
promote individual or population-level
outcomes. The distinction between
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Aging; Amended Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the National
Institute on Aging Special Emphasis Panel, August 28, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
to August 28, 2023, 05:00 p.m., National Institute on Aging, Gateway
Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20892 which was
published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2023, 56844.
The meeting notice is amended to change the start date of the
meeting from 08/28/2023, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to 10/30/2023, 12:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting is closed to the public.
Dated: August 31, 2023.
Miguelina Perez,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2023-19259 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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